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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 71 353 322 160 136 500 21497

S. Balachandar publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by S. Balachandar between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. S. Balachandar published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 15.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 49 publications in 2024. 69 of the 626 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 49. Peak 49 publications in 2024. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 4 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 11 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 14 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 17 publications 2006: 25 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 24 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 23 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 34 publications 2018: 33 publications 2019: 34 publications 2020: 34 publications 2021: 31 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 49 publications 2025: 20 publications
1986 2025

626 publications in total across all disciplines

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S. Balachandar: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 3
1990 3
1991 1
1992 4
1993 6
1994 5
1995 11
1996 9
1997 8
1998 8
1999 7
2000 12
2001 14
2002 12
2003 15
2004 11
2005 17
2006 25
2007 17
2008 14
2009 17
2010 18
2011 13
2012 24
2013 15
2014 17
2015 23
2016 19
2017 34
2018 33
2019 34
2020 34
2021 31
2022 23
2023 19
2024 49
2025 20
Total 626
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S. Balachandar publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where S. Balachandar sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 659+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 155. Most scientists, 155, have 147–156 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 497–506 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 10 scientists 57–66 publications: 23 scientists 67–76 publications: 32 scientists 77–86 publications: 62 scientists 87–96 publications: 67 scientists 97–106 publications: 91 scientists 107–116 publications: 113 scientists 117–126 publications: 115 scientists 127–136 publications: 130 scientists 137–146 publications: 140 scientists 147–156 publications: 155 scientists 157–166 publications: 132 scientists 167–176 publications: 133 scientists 177–186 publications: 130 scientists 187–196 publications: 140 scientists 197–206 publications: 115 scientists 207–216 publications: 125 scientists 217–226 publications: 117 scientists 227–236 publications: 99 scientists 237–246 publications: 92 scientists 247–256 publications: 100 scientists 257–266 publications: 95 scientists 267–276 publications: 88 scientists 277–286 publications: 77 scientists 287–296 publications: 74 scientists 297–306 publications: 74 scientists 307–316 publications: 62 scientists 317–326 publications: 70 scientists 327–336 publications: 59 scientists 337–346 publications: 58 scientists 347–356 publications: 45 scientists 357–366 publications: 44 scientists 367–376 publications: 36 scientists 377–386 publications: 41 scientists 387–396 publications: 32 scientists 397–406 publications: 23 scientists 407–416 publications: 28 scientists 417–426 publications: 27 scientists 427–436 publications: 25 scientists 437–446 publications: 23 scientists 447–456 publications: 23 scientists 457–466 publications: 20 scientists 467–476 publications: 12 scientists 477–486 publications: 24 scientists 487–496 publications: 18 scientists 497–506 publications: 12 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 21 scientists 527–536 publications: 12 scientists 537–546 publications: 8 scientists 547–556 publications: 16 scientists 557–566 publications: 3 scientists 567–576 publications: 11 scientists 577–586 publications: 6 scientists 587–596 publications: 5 scientists 597–606 publications: 6 scientists 607–616 publications: 7 scientists 617–626 publications: 7 scientists 627–636 publications: 10 scientists 637–646 publications: 4 scientists 647–656 publications: 3 scientists 657–658 publications: 2 scientists 659+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 500 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 10
57–66 23
67–76 32
77–86 62
87–96 67
97–106 91
107–116 113
117–126 115
127–136 130
137–146 140
147–156 155
157–166 132
167–176 133
177–186 130
187–196 140
197–206 115
207–216 125
217–226 117
227–236 99
237–246 92
247–256 100
257–266 95
267–276 88
277–286 77
287–296 74
297–306 74
307–316 62
317–326 70
327–336 59
337–346 58
347–356 45
357–366 44
367–376 36
377–386 41
387–396 32
397–406 23
407–416 28
417–426 27
427–436 25
437–446 23
447–456 23
457–466 20
467–476 12
477–486 24
487–496 18
497–506 12 500
507–516 13
517–526 21
527–536 12
537–546 8
547–556 16
557–566 3
567–576 11
577–586 6
587–596 5
597–606 6
607–616 7
617–626 7
627–636 10
637–646 4
647–656 3
657–658 2
659+ 100
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S. Balachandar D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where S. Balachandar sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 93+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 83
31 113
32 144
33 153
34 189
35 158
36 139
37 127
38 130
39 126
40 104
41 100
42 107
43 101
44 103
45 79
46 88
47 70
48 83
49 44
50 64
51 56
52 50
53 48
54 58
55 52
56 48
57 42
58 34
59 42
60 37
61 42
62 44
63 22
64 33
65 29
66 23
67 29
68 24
69 19
70 34
71 26 71
72 19
73 18
74 19
75 14
76 19
77 8
78 18
79 16
80 12
81 17
82 11
83 16
84 7
85 9
86 8
87 6
88 6
89 7
90 10
91 4
92 4
93+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the understanding of thermal convection in the earths mantle, the structure of bluff body wakes and their effect on the dynamics of small particles, the dynamics of vortices in wall turbulence, and theory of twophase flow, including the equilibrium Euler formulation for disperse flow

Overview

S. Balachandar is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their primary field of study is engineering, with significant contributions spanning several specialized subfields.

The main areas of research include:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Balachandar's work touches on diverse topics such as:

  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Granular flow and fluidized beds
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Aeolian processes and effects

The scientist has published numerous papers in frequent venues, including:

  • Physics of Fluids
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Balachandar are:

  • "Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities: A journey through scales," 2021, Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
  • "Host-to-host airborne transmission as a multiphase flow problem for science-based social distance guidelines," 2020, International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • "Peering inside a cough or sneeze to explain enhanced airborne transmission under dry weather," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Investigation of theoretical scaling laws using large eddy simulations for airborne spreading of viral contagion from sneezing and coughing," 2021, Physics of Fluids
  • "A numerical study of particle jetting in a dense particle bed driven by an air-blast," 2020, Physics of Fluids

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Balachandar include:

  • Nadim Zgheib
  • Jorge Salinas
  • Mariano I. Cantero
  • Alfredo Soldati
  • Kai Liu

Balachandar has contributed to academic literature also through book publications. One example is the book titled Fundamentals of Dispersed Multiphase Flows, published by Cambridge University Press in 2024.

Recognition for Balachandar's work includes the status of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) awarded in 2006. The citation for this fellowship mentions fundamental contributions to the understanding of thermal convection in the earth's mantle, bluff body wake dynamics influencing small particles, vortices in wall turbulence, and the theory of two-phase flow, including the equilibrium Euler formulation for dispersed flow.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms for generating coherent packets of hairpin vortices in channel flow

    J. Zhou;R. J. Adrian;S. Balachandar;T. M. Kendall

  • Turbulent Dispersed Multiphase Flow

    S. Balachandar;John K. Eaton

  • On the relationships between local vortex identification schemes

    Pinaki Chakraborty;S. Balachandar;Ronald J. Adrian

  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOQUET INSTABILITY OF THE WAKE OF SQUARE CYLINDER

    J. Robichaux;S. Balachandar;S. P. Vanka

  • Chaotic advection in a Stokes flow

    H. Aref;S. Balachandar

  • Effect of three‐dimensionality on the lift and drag of nominally two‐dimensional cylinders

    R. Mittal;S. Balachandar

  • A fast Eulerian method for disperse two-phase flow

    Jim Ferry;S. Balachandar

  • Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities: A journey through scales

    Ye Zhou;Robin J.R. Williams;Praveen Ramaprabhu;Michael Groom

  • Wall-induced forces on a rigid sphere at finite Reynolds number

    Lanying Zeng;S. Balachandar;Paul Fischer

  • On the front velocity of gravity currents

    Mariano I. Cantero;J. R. Lee;S. Balachandar;S. Balachandar;Marcelo H. Garcia

  • Effect of turbulence on the drag and lift of a particle

    Prosenjit Bagchi;S. Balachandar

  • Forces on a finite-sized particle located close to a wall in a linear shear flow

    Lanying Zeng;Fady Najjar;S. Balachandar;Paul Fischer

  • Three-dimensional instabilities of mantle convection with multiple phase transitions.

    S. Honda;D. A. Yuen;S. Balachandar;D. Reuteler

  • Effect of free rotation on the motion of a solid sphere in linear shear flow at moderate Re

    P. Bagchi;S. Balachandar

  • Methods for evaluating fluid velocities in spectral simulations of turbulence

    S. Balachandar;M. R. Maxey

  • A scaling analysis for point–particle approaches to turbulent multiphase flows

    S. Balachandar

  • Autogeneration of near-wall vortical structures in channel flow

    Jigen Zhou;Ronald J. Adrian;S. Balachandar

  • Direct Numerical Simulation of Flow Past Elliptic Cylinders

    R. Mittal;S. Balachandar

  • Host-to-Host Airborne Transmission As a Multiphase Flow Problem For Science-Based Social Distance Guidelines

    S. Balachandar;S. Zaleski;S. Zaleski;S. Zaleski;A. Soldati;A. Soldati;G. Ahmadi

  • Low-frequency unsteadiness in the wake of a normal flat plate

    Fady M. Najjar;S. Balachandar

  • Heat transfer enhancement mechanisms in inline and staggered parallel-plate fin heat exchangers

    L.W. Zhang;S. Balachandar;D.K. Tafti;F.M. Najjar

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald J. Adrian
Ronald J. Adrian Arizona State University
Fady Najjar
Fady Najjar Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Man Yeong Ha
Man Yeong Ha Pusan National University
Tian-Jian Hsu
Tian-Jian Hsu University of Delaware
Marcelo H. Garcia
Marcelo H. Garcia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hyun Sik Yoon
Hyun Sik Yoon Pusan National University
Raphael T. Haftka
Raphael T. Haftka University of Florida
Gary Parker
Gary Parker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paul Fischer
Paul Fischer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas N. Jackson
Thomas N. Jackson Pennsylvania State University

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